Roman Directory

The Roman Directory (1798-99) was a directorial republic established as a client state of the French Consulate in 1798 by Napoleon Bonaparte, with its capital at Rome. On 30 September 1799 the Kingdom of Naples invaded Rome and reinstated the Papal States in power in Rome.

History
The Roman Directory was founded on 15 February 1798 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the effective leader of the French Republic and a powerful general. The history of the directory began back in December 1797, when the Papal States troops killed French general Mathurin-Leonard Duphot in a riot, and France sent an army to capture Rome from its Papal garrison. Pope Pius VI was captured and exiled to France, and the directory was made a French satellite. The Roman Directory was ruled by a directorate, made up of multiple rulers. General Louis-Alexandre Berthier was made the leader of the directory, which was forced to house a French ambassador. On 30 September 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars), the Kingdom of Naples invaded the Roman Republic and restored Pope Pius VII to power in June 1800.